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UPDATED list of papers impacted, company statement added: In a late-Friday move Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain, executed layoffs at outlets across the country. While no official tally was available, journalists at the Athens (Georgia) Banner-Herald, (South Texas) Caller-Times, Columbia (Missouri) Daily…

When Alex Wagner debuts her new MSNBC show on Tuesday, she will be taking on an unusual arrangement that came about following Rachel Maddow’s contract renewal with NBCUniversal. While Maddow, the network’s top-rated personality, will continue to host her show on Mondays, Wagner will fill the 9 p.m. PT slot the rest of…

Now comes my favorite part of the film awards season, the very beginning, when everyone is a contender. It's just like the old days, when the carnival came to town (also in late summer). Step right up, everyone's a winner! Take a shot, win a prize!! You can't win if you don't play the game!!! We all know it isn't…

While Salman Rushdie struggles for his life in the wake of a stabbing attack, an angry Bill Maher decried the treatment of his good friend (and frequent guest) by a man whose name had the host guessing”is not Amish.” Sal, as Maher called him, was planning to talk about how the US is a safe haven for controversial…

After more than two decades on CNN and an exposing digital scandal in 2020, Jeffrey Toobin is leaving the cable news network. The longtime chief legal analyst reveled his resignation Friday in a letter to colleagues and in a tweet: Friends, I've decided that, after 20 years, I'm leaving @cnn after my vacation. Was…

Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who became a symbol of fearless dissent when she interrupted a live TV broadcast in March to protest her country's invasion of Ukraine, has been placed under house arrest in Moscow pending a trial related to a fresh anti-war protest in July. Ovsyannikova was arrested on August…

Don’t expect Jason Momoa to participate in future anniversary celebrations of his role in Conan The Barbarian. Speaking to British GQ for a profile piece, Momoa slammed the 2011 film, which he starred in as the sword-swinging character of legend in a remake of the film that featured Arnold Schwarzenegger in…

Pete Rose declined to answer two reporters’ questions today about his relationship with an alleged underage girl in his first return to Philadelphia since August 1989. Rose was present as the team celebrated the Phillies’ 1980 World Series championship team and other former players. The incidents in question first…

It's that time of year – schools aren't open, people are on vacation, the weather is kind of humid and downright terrible in some locations. It's almost the end of the so-called "dog days of summer," a sleepy moment on the calendar, which is why Bill Maher can be forgiven for a somewhat meandering Real Time last…

Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery continued to fall Friday, down more than 15%, after its first combined financials report featured a big net loss, disappointing revenue, high debt and a slower outlook for streaming amid anticipate post-merger growing pains. Steven Cahall of Wells Fargo, downgraded the stock (from…

Veteran academic, author, activist and television host Marc Lamont Hill will join AMG's Black news/entertainment media platform theGrio. Hill will bring his perspectives on culture, politics, race, sports, and education to all of theGrio media platforms, including its television network, free streaming app, theGrio…

UPDATED: Nexstar, the largest TV station group, got a boost from midterm political ad spending as well as a rise in distribution and digital revenue in the second quarter. The company reported net income of $226.5 million, a rise of 13.4%, in the period ended June 30. Revenue rose to $1.25 billion, up 10%, from the…